CHttpConnection Class

Manages your connection to an HTTP server.

class CHttpConnection : public CInternetConnection

Remarks

HTTP is one of three Internet server protocols implemented by the MFC WinInet classes.

The class CHttpConnection contains a constructor and one member function, OpenRequest, that manages connections to a server with an HTTP protocol.

To communicate with an HTTP server, you must first create an instance of CInternetSession, and then create a CHttpConnection object. You never create a CHttpConnection object directly; rather, call CInternetSession::GetHttpConnection, which creates the CHttpConnection object and returns a pointer to it.

To learn more about how CHttpConnection works with the other MFC Internet classes, see the article Internet Programming with WinInet. For more information about connecting to servers using the other two supported Internet protocols, gopher and FTP, see the classes CGopherConnection and CFtpConnection.

Requirements

Header: afxinet.h

Smart Device Developer Notes

In the Smart Device version of this method, the default value of dwFlags is 0. The desktop version's default value is INTERNET_FLAG_EXISTING_CONNECT.

See Also

Concepts

CHttpConnection Members

CInternetConnection Class

Hierarchy Chart

CInternetConnection Class

CHttpFile Class